| Table 2-4 |
| Asian recipients of U.S. S&E doctorates, by field and country/economy of origin: 1983–2003 |
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| Field |
Asia |
China |
Taiwan |
India |
South Korea |
|
| All fields |
141,826 |
37,510 |
23,045 |
20,382 |
21,810 |
| S&E |
120,698 |
35,321 |
19,711 |
17,515 |
17,112 |
| Engineering |
44,213 |
10,202 |
9,156 |
7,685 |
6,469 |
| Science |
76,485 |
25,119 |
10,555 |
9,830 |
10,643 |
| Agricultural sciences |
5,142 |
1,148 |
745 |
411 |
670 |
| Biological sciences |
19,020 |
8,728 |
2,661 |
2,330 |
1,898 |
| Computer sciences |
5,169 |
993 |
958 |
1,399 |
674 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences |
2,832 |
1,221 |
418 |
236 |
340 |
| Mathematics |
5,823 |
2,372 |
773 |
570 |
740 |
| Medical/other life sciences |
3,547 |
678 |
697 |
628 |
353 |
| Physical sciences |
18,613 |
7,855 |
2,429 |
2,459 |
2,261 |
| Psychology |
1,871 |
254 |
276 |
224 |
288 |
| Social sciences |
14,468 |
1,870 |
1,598 |
1,573 |
3,419 |
| Non-S&E |
21,128 |
2,189 |
3,334 |
2,867 |
4,698 |
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NOTE: Foreign doctorate recipients
include permanent and temporary residents.
SOURCE: National Science
Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of
Earned Doctorates, special tabulations (2003).
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| Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 |
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